August 22, 2004

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August 22, 2004

U.S. Journalist Micah Garen , who had been Kidnap ped in Iraq more than a week earlier, is released in the southern city of Nasiriyah . (Comcast)

Singapore 's new Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong , hoping to quell Beijing's fury over his July 10-12 visit to Taiwan , says that he will not support the island if the People's Republic Of China attacks it in retaliation for any push for Taiwan Independence . (Yahoo! India)

A Venezuelan Military Plane crashes as it approaches its base in the central industrial state of Aragua , killing all 25 on board. (Bloomberg)

Arson ists raze a Jewish community centre in Paris , leaving behind menacing Graffiti including Swastika s and the words " Jew s get out." (CTV)

A Bangladeshi Mob torches a passenger Train , a day after a Grenade attack on a political rally killed 19 people and injured hundreds. (CBC News)

Armed robbers Steal the Edvard Munch paintings '' The Scream '' and '' Madonna '' from the Munch Museum in Oslo . (BBC) (Aftenposten)